subdeacon

About 0.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A Catholic clerical rank in the major orders below that of a deacon.
2. noun A Catholic cleric who assists the deacon at High Mass and normally reads the Epistle at the Eucharist.
3. noun A layperson who acts as an assistant to the deacon during the celebration of mass.
4. noun The highest of the minor orders below that of a deacon.

Similar words

sub-deacon deacon underdeacon subdiaconate deaconship subdeaconship subdeaconry diaconate protodeacon subdeaconate

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Word family

subdeacons